Set on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme describes the silly consequences of an old woman's fishy diet.
Bear notices that winter is nearly here and hurries to tell Snail, after which each animal tells another until finally the already sleeping Bear is awakened in his den with the news.
An offer from a city man to buy the trees on his land awakens in a country fellow a keener awareness of the value of both his trees and his friends at Christmas.
Although he lives high-on-the-hog in his castle on Grimy Porkchop Hill, Hogula is unhappy because he has no friends--until he meets Elvis Ann, Dread Queen of Kissyface.
